The episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition featuring Beavercreek family Jim and Shannon Terpenning is scheduled to air November 8, 2009. WKEF-TV, ABC Channel 22 has announced they plan to air a half hour behind the scenes look at the making of the episode leading up to the show. The episode also features designer Michael Moloney and singer Kellie Pickler.

Demolition Day for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and the Terpenning family in Beavercreek, Ohio. July 2009. Photo © 2009 Craig Barhorst

The new home designed and built by Extreme Makover and Coventry Fine Homes was designed specifically for those with disabilities. The doorways and hallways are wider. Bathrooms, kitchen and other rooms have enough space for wheel chairs and the entire plan was created with the disabled in mind.

Jim works as an Information Technology expert at WPAFB. He was nominated for the show by the base’s three-star general among others. Jim has no legs and uses a wheelchair. As a child he suffered from polio in Vietnam and was one of the last children rescued before the country fell. After arriving in this country he was dopted by the Terpenning family. Later, his brother who suffers from cerebral palsy, was also adopted by the family. Jim’s brother now lives with Jim, his wife and 4 children in Beavercreek.

Ty Pennington of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition mugging for the handheld as the dust settles. July 2009. Photo © 2009 Craig Barhorst

Jim has won several Special Olympics International metals for the USA for swimming and he now donates much of time to work with soldiers returning from conflicts with physical disabilities.